Writing on Startups, Software Development, and Leadership

All of my long-form thoughts on building startups, leadership, software development, and more, collected in chronological order.

cold emails to hot people

In 2005 I've started my first entrepreneurial quest. The idea was to build a bracelet with LEDs for sports fans, these bracelets will all be switched on and off through a central wireless system, making each one of them a pixel in a giant "human screen".

Beginnings

I'm not sure if my first programming language was Logo or GW-Basic. Logo was a simple language, where you had a turtle (which was actually just a triangle) and you could tell it to move and draw lines. At least that's what I remember doing with Logo.

Startups are like chess

Paul Graham said on an interview that running a startup is like playing chess. I like this analogy and would like to extend it a bit.

A poem about the $300k burp

_The events depicted in this poem are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental._ **_Still, it stands as a lesson to all aspiring entrepreneurs._**

My favorite tools

Some of my favorite tools for development